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West Park Ice Palace

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The West Park Ice Palace was an ice skating rink at 52st and Jefferson Streets in West Philadelphia that opened in December 1897 and was destroyed by fire in March 1901. Referred to in advertisements as the Ice Skating Palace, the rink was open to the public for ice skating and local hockey clubs including the University of Pennsylvania and the Quaker City Hockey Club. The adjacent ice manufacturing plant was operated by the York Ice Manufacturing Company and supplied ice to the American Ice Company.

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West Park Ice Palace
North 52nd Street, Philadelphia West Philadelphia

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19131 Philadelphia, West Philadelphia
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